Need to change things up for brekkie? You can make your own puffed rice granola in a flash, and on a budget. Enjoy it as a cereal with milk or top it with your favourite seasonal fruits and yoghurt.

SERVES 4 // COOKING TIME 10 min

INGREDIENTS
2 cups puffed rice
½ cup sliced almonds, toasted
¼ cup honey
2 tbsp coconut oil
1 cup plain yoghurt
2 kiwis, sliced

METHOD
1. Cook the rice, almonds, honey and coconut oil over a medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
2. Spread out the mixture on a tray to cool until crisp.
3. Serve with yoghurt and kiwi.

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Puffed rice is so much more than just a bowl of cereal. We used it to make these game-changing cardamom puffed rice fritters. Enjoy them with your morning coffee topped with melting butter.

SERVES 4 // COOKING TIME 10 min

INGREDIENTS
2 cups puffed rice
2 potatoes, cooked and mashed
1 egg
1 tbsp ground cardamom, toasted
Coriander, to serve

METHOD
1. Mix the puffed rice, mashed potatoes, egg and cardamom. Form into about 12 fritters.
2. Shallow-fry the patties until golden and crispy.
3. Serve with coriander.

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That simple-seeming box of cereal in your grocery cupboard can be so much more than just a plain bowl of puffed rice and milk. Treat yourself to a bananarama puffed rice bowl this weekend, and it will soon be a morning staple!

SERVES 4 // COOKING TIME 15 min

INGREDIENTS
¼ cup sugar
2 tbsp butter
2 bananas, halved
2 cups puffed rice
2 cups warm chocolate milk

METHOD
1. Melt sugar and butter in a pan over low heat. Cook bananas for 5 minutes a side.
2. Serve caramelised bananas in a bowl with puffed rice and chocolate milk.

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There is absolutely no need to avoid a carb-loaded breakfast. All you need to do is make sure you are enjoying a brekkie that is packed with wholegrains. Our puffed rice granola clusters are filled with vitamin B and are perfect in a balanced diet.

SERVES 6–8 // COOKING TIME 95 min

INGREDIENTS
½ cup vegetable or coconut oil
½ cup honey
cup brown sugar
1 tbsp vanilla essence
½ tsp salt
5 cups rolled oats
2 cups puffed brown rice
½ cup dried cranberries
½ cup chopped white chocolate or chopped nuts

METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 180°C and line a tray with baking paper.
2. Place the oil, honey, sugar, vanilla essence and salt in a pot over low heat. Whisk until the sugar has dissolved and the oil is incorporated. Remove from the heat and pour into a bowl.
3. Add the rolled oats, puffed rice, cranberries and chocolate or nuts to the sugar mixture.
4. Pour the mixture on to the baking tray. Spread out into an even layer, pressing it down.
5. Bake for 15 minutes. If you are using 2 baking trays, swap them around and bake for a further 15 minutes.
6. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 1 hour before using your hands to break it into clusters.
7. Serve the granola with fruit and yoghurt.

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